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Is it usable for realtime video? Are there any video chat iOS apps that use it?

Edit: I mean usable by apps other than Apple-owned apps such as Facetime.

Skype, oovoo, probably a few others.

Apple's own FaceTime.

I assume he's asking about 3rd party software, which may be more limited than what Apple's built in software is allowed to do.

That's correct. I updated my comment.

By the way, someone else commented further down that Apple doesn't allow third party apps to use it for realtime (video chat). But I can't verify if that's true or not.

Apple doesn't facilitate realtime use through AVFoundation, but there are workarounds. Apple doesn't specifically restrict realtime use and does approve apps using the workarounds.

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